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FLUID MOTOR.

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FLUID MOTUR.

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v RHODES COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

FLUID-MOTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,135, dated December 4, 1900. Application filed January 2, 1900. Serial No. 114. (N0 model.)

To all whom t 77mg/ conc-crit:

Be it known that I, IRA H. SPENCER a citi-l narily termed water-pressure engines or reciprocating motorpumps.

One object of the invention is to produce ai motor of improved, novel, simplified, and du` rable construction and organization in which the maximum efficiency is obtained at the minimum expense of power and in which means are provided whereby the motor or pump cylinder is supported at a point intermediate its ends within a surrounding casing, thereby to form two independent annular waterways around said cylinder, which are separated from each other by the cylinder-support, which constitutes also a dividing-wall between opposite ends of said cylinder, the construction and organization of said support or wall being such as to permit a slight lat-` eral movement of the cylinder at opposite ends to compensate for any misalinement thereof with respect to the'aXial line of movement of the piston or plungerand at the saine time facilitate the ready removal and replace ment of cylinders of different diameters by any one without displacing the machine or disturbing any of the pipes or connections, thus enabling the user of the motor readily to adapt said motor to variations of fluidpressure and secure economical and effective work at trifling expense.

A further object of the invention is to furnish, in connection with a motor or pump of the class specified, improved valve mechan-` ism embodying two cooperative reciprocatory valves disposed concentrically with relation to each other, and one of which valves, termed for convenience the main or duid-actuated valve, is controlled in its movements through the other valve, termed for convenience the primary or mechanically-actuated valve, and has at all times, except at two certain periods in the rcciprocatory movements of the primary valve, (during which periods the main valve is accurately balanced,) an excess in duid-pressure at one or the other end suflicient normally to retain said main valve in one or the other extreme position, the construction, organization, and operation thereof being such that when the primary valve is moved in one direction the main valve will immediately move in the opposite direction, thus positively obviating the possibility of the retarding or sticking of the main valve, rendering the operation of the main valve positive and unrestricted throughout its entire stroke, and thereby eliminating dead positions of said valve, which are objectionable characteristics in many motors of this class of ordinary construction.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of the motor or reciprocating pump, substantially as hereinafter described, and more particularly set forth in the claims.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, Figure l is a longitudinal central section of a motor embodyingV the present invention, the motorpiston and pump-plunger being shown in intermediate positions and assumed to be on the descent, the main valve being shown in its lowest extreme position and the primary valve in its extreme highest position, in which position pressure iiuid is being admitted above the motor-piston, the fluid below said piston being concurrently exhausted, while at the same time duid is being drawn into the pump-cylinder above the plunger and is being discharged from below said plunger. Fig.

' 2 is a plan view of .the motor-valve chest detached. Fig. 8 is a vertical section of the supplemental or pump valve mechanism, the section being taken` on a line corresponding with the dotted lineas an in Fig. l. Fig. elis a lcentral vertical section, on an enlarged scale,

of the motor-valve mechanism shown in Fig. l. Fig. 5 isa central longitudinal section of the hydraulic `motor proper, showing a slightly-modified construction of valve mechanism. Fig. 6 is a central longitudinal sec I OH tion of another slightly-modified form of motor-Valve mechanism, the main valve being the same as that shown in Fig. 5, while the primary valve is slightly modified. Fig. 7is

a side elevation of a crank-and-link actuating connection between the piston-rod and primary valve.

Similar'characters represent like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The combined motor and pump in the construction and organization thereof shown in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings comprises a motor, which is designated in ageneral way by M and includes coperative motor instrumentalities, and a pump, Whichis designated in a general way by P and which includes all the cooperative pump instrumentalities.

The motorper se comprises in the construction and organization 4thereof shown in Fig. 1 a cylinder-casing C, having suitable heads 2 and 3 at opposite ends and also having-near the middle portion thereof horizontally-disposed waterways or ports 4 and 5, separated by an annular liange 6 and opening into annular iiuid-spaces at opposite ends of said casing; a piston-cylinder D of a diameter less than the internal diameter of the casing C, supported intermediate its ends preferably by a support 7, secured to the annular flange, so that its opposite ends will be free from support or contact with the cylinder-casing heads; a motor-valve chest E, secured to one side of the casing near the middle portion thereof, and having a symmetrical valve-cyl inder-receiving bore extending from end to end thereof, and in which bore is secured a valve-cylinder c, extending the entire length thereof and perforated at different points, and said chest also having inlet and exhaust portsS and lO, respectively, which communicate with apressure-fluid chamber 9 and a dead-fluid chamber 12, respectively, Which surround the valve-cylinder cand communicate with the interior thereof through the perforation therein, and said chest E also hav# ing horizontally-disposed valve-controlled ways or passages 15 and 1G, registering, respectively, with the horizontal ways 4 and 5 of the cylinder-casing C, and which ways 15 and 16 are separated from the dead-Huid chamber by horizontal bridge-walls 13 and 14 and from the pressure-fluid chamber by similarlydisposed bridge-walls, all of `which walls are parallel and having valve-controlled openings for establishing communication between the `pressure-iiuid chamber and first one and then the opposite end ofthe piston-cylinder alternately and between the exhaust-chamber and first one and then the opposite end ofv said cylinder alternately; a piston F, Working in thepiston-cylinder D and having a piston-rod 17 extending through a suitable stuiiing-box 18 and, as shown in said Fig. 1, secured to a plunger of a pump P; two coperative valves V and V', concentrically-disposed in the valve-chamber c and one of which Valves, as V, (herein termed the main or fluid-actuated Valve,) is controlled by the other valve V', (herein termed the primary or mechanically-actuated valve,) which in turnris operated through the piston F, and a valve-actuator G, operatively connecting the valve V' and piston-rod 17.

The pump P, per se, in the preferred construction and organization thereof shown in Fig. 1 comprises a pump-cylinder casing H, which is in a general Way similar to the motorcylinder casing C, 'it having suitable heads 2O and 21 at opposite ends and an intermediate annular flange 22; a pump-plunger cylinder l, having an external annular flange 23, secured to the internal annular Iiange 22 in such manner as to form an annular waterway around both ends of said cylinder, and also having fluid-ways 24 and 25 leading outward from the annular waterways surrounding said cylinder; a plunger 26, Working in said cylinder and connected to the piston of the motor M by the piston-rod 17, as before stated; a pump-valve chest J, having an inlet-port 27 and an exhaust-port 2S leading to an inlet and an outlet fluid-chamber 29 and 30, respectively, said chest also having two intermediate chambers 31 and 32, respectively, separated from each other by a dividing-pai'- tition 33 and having waterways 34 and 35, which communicate with the passage-ways or ports 24 and 25respectively, which lead to the pump-cylinder, and two sets of puppetvalves comprising two valves each, which valves are designated by 36, 36', and 37 and 37', respectively, and one set of which controls the admission and discharge of duid from one chamber, as 3l, and the other set of which controls the admission and dis charge of fluid from the other chamber, as 32, as will readily be understood by reference to Figs. 1 and 3.

The pump-valve chest, which may be of any suitable general construction, is preferably provided with a removable plate, whereby access may be had to the interior of said chest, and inwardly-projecting pins or abutments will be provided, as shown at 38, above the valves to limit the vertical or opening movement of said valves.

By reference to Figs. l and 3 it will be seen that the passage-ways 34 and 35 are separated from each other by the horizontal bridge-Wall 39 and that the passage-Way 35 is separated from the cham ber 31 by the partition or bridge- Wall 39 and the vertically-disposed Wall 40.

By reference to the accompanying drawings it will be seen that all ports and waterways are substantially straight and have no crooks or bends to form convenient repositories for dirt or foreign matter, but,on thecontrary, are naturally keptvclean by the iiow of fluid through them.

For securing the best results in operation, eiiciency in packing, lightness and durability in construction, and adjustability and interchangeability of parts the main or fluidactuated valve V in the preferred form thereof shown in Figs. l and 4 comprises two skeleton-like end portions and a similar middle portion, designated by a, a', and b, respectively, the middle portion, which constitutes a separator between the two end portions, consisting of a plurality of tubular separators 4l, internally screw-threaded at their ends to receive stays or screws 42 and 43, which extend through the end portions a a', respectively, and secure said portions to said middle portion b. Each end portion of the valve V is preferably a duplicate of the other and consists, in the form shown iu said Figs. l and 4, of two centrally-perforated disks 44` and 45, having a plurality of screw-holes to receive the screws, a plurality of separators disposed between and connecting the heads 4or disks 44 and 45, which separators are shown as tubular in construction, and will in practice preferably be cast integral with the two heads, said separators being designated by 47, and two packing-rings 48 and 49, each having two concentric iianges, the outer one of which surrounds the valve head or disk and theinner one of which forms a duid-tight joint between the main and primary valves, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 4.

For the purpose of securing the best possible results in the operation of the main or fluid-actuated valve V, irrespective of the pressure of iiuid and irrespective of the motor speed, it is necessary to so construct the valve mechanism that the main valve will have no tendency to move prematurely and cause the motor to short stroke, as most motors will under high water-pressure. It is also necessary that the main valve shall be perfectly balanced at all times other than when the primary valve receives its impulse near the end of the piston-stroke to permit the ingress of live fluid to one end of the main valve and the egress of dead fluid from the opposing end of said valve, whereby to secure an immediate response and a positive movement of 'the main valve due to the increased and diminished pressure at opposite ends of said main valve. Further, it has been found by long and exhaustive practical experiments that to maintain a nicety in balance of the main valve it is important that the main and primary valves have their movements substantially concurrently in opposing directions and to so locate the ports in the primary valve with respect to the fluidspaces between the flanges or disks of the main valve and with respect to the fluid- Ways of the valve-chest that the ports in said primary valve will be opened to their fullest extent in the minimum length of time on the inaugural movement of said primary valve. Further, it has been found highly advantageous to so construct the valve mechanism that all ports are bound to open Wide no matter how slowly the motor is working, thus making it practically impossible for the motor to catch or stop, and to secure these ends the main valve V is so constructed that all of its four disks or heads have substantially.

the same eifective areas and are disposed substantially equidistant, so as to provide fluid-spaces between said disks having substantially the same effective areas, and the primary valve V'4 is centrally disposed-with relation to and is extended entirely through said main valve and has at its opposite ends two axially alined fluid chambers, each of which is symmetrical from end to end-that is, said chambers are separated at their inner ends by a discous wall disposed at right angles to the axis of said chambers and each chamber has the same effective area at both ends,I the construction of the primary valve being such as regards its port-openings as to secure the best possible results and which construction will be hereinafter described.

To form a tight seat for the valve V, the motor-valve chest is furnished with a valvecylinder c, which is perforated at different points in the length thereof, as at 50, 51, 52, 53, and 54, which communicate with the adj acent waterways in said valve-chest, and as a convenient means for regulating the stroke of valve V set-screws 55 and 56 are shown extended through opposite heads of the valvechest with their inner ends located in the path of said valve, so that a simple adjustment of said screws will effect a change in the stroke.

rJfhe primary valve V' is preferably in the nature of a rod (see Figs. 1 and 4) extending through the center of the valve V and supported for reciprocatory movements independent of the main valve V, said rod being bored from opposite ends inward to form fluidchambers 59 and 60 of proper area, which are separated relatively by a transverse bridgewall 6l, extending in a straight line from side to side of said valve and which fluid-chambers are each of the same cross-sectional area at both ends. is shown plugged at 5S, which may be screwed into t-he outer end thereof, while the other chamber, as 59, is shown furnished with a fluid-check 57, which is shown as a plunger or plug having a stem 60', having a screwthreaded outer end 62, having a bearing in a cap or nut secured to the outer end of the primary valve, this stem being shown notched at its outer end, whereby it may be turned to move the plug inward or outward with relation to said valve V. Each valve-chamber 59 and 60 is perforated at or near both ends thereof, the chamber 59 'at 63 and 64 and the one 60 at 65 and 66, these perforations being so disposed with `relation to the valve V that when the primary or tube valve Vl is in the position shown in Figs. l and 4 and the main valve is inthe position shown in said figures, in which casefluid is entering the upper end of the piston-cylinder aud is being exhausted from the lower end of said cylinder, the perforations 63 and 65 at the outer ends of both chambers 59 and 60, re-

One of these chambers, as 60,.

at opposite ends of the main valve V, while .p position and in position pressure-fluid chamber,

vvalve is moving. Thus the two valves the perforations 64 of the inner end of chamber 59 will communicate with the exhaustchamber 12 of the valve-chest, and the perforations 66 at the inner end of chamber will at the same time communicate with the fluid-pressure chamber 9 in said chest, thus permitting the dead fluid below the main valve V to be exhausted and admitting live or pressure fluid to the space above said main valve, whereby to keep the main valve in its extreme lowest valve V is shifted to bring the 'chamber 59 thereof into communication with the-fluidpressure chamber 9 and the chamber 60 into communication with the exhaust-chamber, at which time the main valve will be immediately shifted by the pressure of fluid admitted to the lower end thereof to its extreme upper to admit pressure fluid to the lower end of thepiston-cylinder D, as will be readily understood by reference to the said gures.

The valves V and V' are so disposed relatively and the perforations in the primary valve V are so located that on a movement of the primary valve V in one direction the main valve will as soon as an inner port of the primary valve has moved from a position in communication with the exhaust-chamber to a position in communication with the pressurefluid chamber of the valve-chest be4 immediately moved or shifted by fluid-pressure in a direction opposite to that in which the primary are at one period simultaneously moving in opposing direction. 'lhe two inner ports of the primary valve are brought by the movements of said valve into communication, one with the exhaust-chamber and the other with the concurrently, so that live fluid will be admitted to one end of the main valve and the dead fluid will be expelled from the opposite end of' said valve in proportion one to the other, thus eecting a positive unrestricted movement of the main valve and obviating any tendency to short stroke, as no live fluid can be admitted to one end of the valve until the exhaust is opened to the opposite end.

The constructionof the main valve is such `that irrespective of its position a circulation of pressure fluid about both ends between disks 44 and 45 is maintained as well as a circulation of exhaust fluid about the middle portion b, which'keeps the valve balanced until additional pressure is admitted to one or the other end of' said valve by the operation of the primary valve. Y

The invention is not limited to the specific construction of main valve shown in Figs. l and 4, as a one-piece valve, such as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 and designated by V2, may be employed, it having a series of four disks or head-flanges,which correspond to the disks 44 and 45 of the main valve (shown in Figs.

position until the primaryv l and 4) and which are designated by 44 and 45', respectively. This valve V2 is somewhat .at points between flanges'to admit fluid to the center of said tube, as will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 5 and 6. The valve-chest used in connection with this valve V2 is the same as the chest shown in Figs. l and 4, vand the parts thereof are designated by the same characters as are like parts in said Figs. 1 and 4.

In Fig. 6 the primary valve, which is in this gure designated by V3, is shown as a relatively short tube-valve open at both ends and terminating wholly within the mainvalve cylinder, said valve having a central solid portion or bridge 6l', into i which is screwed the inner end of an actuating stem or rod 60, which extends through the head of the valve-case. This `primary valve V3 is wholly supported within the main valve V2, bearings therefor being formed in opposite ends of said main'valve, as shown in Fig. 6. The mode of operation of the primary valve V3 being substantially the same as that of the primary valve V', heretofore described, it is deemed unnecessary to enter into a detail description of the mode of operation of this valve V3.

In the drawings there are shown two modified constructions of actuating-connector between the primary valve and the motor piston-rod. In Figs. l and 4 this 'actuating-connector is shown as the well-known valve-actuator, it consisting of-an arm G, fixed to the piston-rod and having its outer end perforated to surround the valve-stem and which end acts against abutments 7l and 72 alternately, which are fixed to the valve-stem at proper distances apart, said abutments being adj ustablysecured to said stem whereby to regulate vthe stroke of the valve according to the stroke of the piston. In Fig. 7 the actuating-connector between the piston-rod and the valve-stem is shown as a crank-shaft 73, journaled in suitable bearings in the upper end o f the piston-cylinder casing and having cranks 74 and 75 at opposite ends thereof, having pins which engage in slots in a pitman shiftably connected to the upper end of the piston-rod and in the valve-stem, respec- I ti vely.v In this construction and organization of actuating-connector the piston-rod is hollow at the upper end to receive the lower headed end of the pitman and is furnished with two remote abutments '76 and 77, which act against the head of the pitman on the upand-down stroke of the piston, thereby to impart a rotative movement to the crank-shaft and actuate the valve-stem and valve, as will readily be understood.

In Fig. 5 of thedrawings the motor is shown in an inverted position as compared with the position shown in Fig. l and is shown pro- IOO vided with a suitable base,whereby to adapt it for use simply as a hydraulic motor for operating an organ-bellows or other device, no pump being shown in connection therewith. By providing the adjustable plug 57 in connection with the primary valve V the effective area of the hole or perforation 63 in the chamber 59 may be regulated,whereby to restrict the admission of fluid to the chamber during the movement of the main valve in toward this perforation, and thereby cushion the valve to a certain extent and prevent a too rapid stroke of said valve, thus obviating jarring impact or impingement and rendering the operation thereof practically noi seless.

By the employment of valve mechanism such as hereinbefore described, embodying a main and a primary valve constructed as set` forth, the primary or mechanically-actuated valve V is bound to have its ports or perforations opened wide on any movement of said valve, and on account of the positive balance of the main valve V the tendency to premature operation of said'main valve is positively obviated, thus preventing the short-stroking of the motor and also rendering it impossible for the motor to catch or stop.

The operation of the motor-pump will be readily 'understood by any one conversant with the art by a comparison of the several iigu res of the drawings,and therefore need not herein be described in detail.

In the preferred construction (shown most clearly in Figs. l and 4 of the drawings) the primary valve V not only extends entirely through the main valve V, but also extends through the valve-chest, it being supported in suitable stuffing-boxes at opposite ends of said chest, and the huid-check 57, whereby the effective area of the perforation 63 in the duid-chamber of said .primary valve is regulated, is supported for movement longitudi-` nally of said fluid-chamber and has a stem 60'in axial alinement with and extending beyond the end of said valve,whereby the same may be adjusted longitudinally of the valve outside the valve-chest and valve mechanism, thus permitting the same to be adjusted while the motor is in operation, the outer end of the stem of the fluid-check being shown screwthreaded and having a screw-threaded bearing-cap secured to the extreme end of the primary valve, thus forming a convenient means of adjustment.

I claiml. The combination, with a valve-chest, of two concentricallydisposed reciprocatory valves one of which extends entirely through the center of the other and has two relativelyseparated duid-chambers at opposite ends thereof each chamber of which has the same cross-sectional area at both ends andhas portopenings at opposite ends thereof; a iiuidcheck supported centrally for adjustment longitudinally of, and in axial alinement with, one of said valves and having means at one end thereof located outside the valve-chest whereby to adjust the same; and a valvestroke-limitin g device adjustably secured in the valve-chest in the path of movement of the outer valve.

2. In a motor,the combination,with a valvechest having a perforated valve-receiving cylinder of uniform internal diameter from end to end, and also having a central exhaustchamber surrounding the valve-cylinder and a pressure-Huid chamber having portions surrounding opposite ends of the valve-cylinder, and which chest also has two horizontal fluidpassages located, respectively, at opposite sides of the exhaust-chamber and separated therefrom and from the pressure-fluid chamber by bridge-walls surrounding the valvecylinder; of a balanced duid-actuated main valve wholly located within the valve-cylinder and having three duid-compartments of substantially corresponding areas the middle one of which is in constant communication with the exhaust-chamber and the two end ones of which are in constant communication with opposite ends, respectively, of the pressure-fluid chamber; a mechanically-actuated primary valve extending concentrically entirely through the main valve and having a tubular portion extending through the valvechest, and also having at opposite ends thereof Huid-chambers each of which are of the same cross-sectional area at both ends and both of which have at their outer ends a portopening in constant communication with the space between the end of the valve and extreme end of the valve-cylinder, and each of which has port-openings at its inner end alternately communicative with the pressurechamber and exhaust-chamber; a fluid-check located in one of the duid-chambers of the primary valve and having a stem extending entirely through the tubular portion of said 'alve and also having a screw-threaded bearing in a cap xed to the outer end of said tubular portion whereby said check may be adjusted longitudinally of the duid-chamber to regulate the effective area of the portopening thereof; and a valve-stroke limiter adjustably supported within the valve-cylinder in the path of movement of the main valve.

3. The combination,with the valve-chest,of a main valve comprising two skeleton-like end portions and a skeleton-like middle portion, each end portion of which consists of two centrally-perforated disks, a plurality of tubular separators connecting the two disks,two packing-rings having annular flanges of diiferent diameters overlapping the outer and inner edges of the disks; and the middle portion of which consists of a plurality of tubular separators interposed between the two end portions and having internal screw-threaded outer and inner ends; and a plurality of screws extending through the disks and separators of each end portion and having screwthreaded bearings in the tubular separators of the middle portion.

4. In a motor-,the combination ,with a valve- IZO ber and adjustable longitudinally thereoffrom a point outside the valve-chest for controlling the ingress and egress of Huid to and Vfrom the duid-chamber.

5. In a motor of the class specified, the comblnation, with a valve-chest having a pressure-Huid chamber and an exhaust-chamber,

y of two cooperative concentrically-disposed valves workingin said chest and one of which is fluid-actuated and the other of which is mechanically actuated and controls the movements of the former, and the mechanicallyactuated valve of which has two independent duid-chambers having ports or perforations at their outer ends in constant communication with the spaces at opposite ends of said huid-actuated valve and having ports or perforations at theiri'nner ends each of which communicates alternately with the pressurefluid and exhaust chambers; means for shifting the primary valve alternately in opposite directions to bring the ports at the in ner ends of its chambers into communication alternately, with the pressure-Huid chamber and exhaust-chamber of the chest; and a fluidcheck extending into a fluid-chamber in said primary valve and adjustable longitudinally thereof for regulating the effective area of a' port in the primary valve, and having its adjusting means located outside the valve-chest' whereby the same may be adjusted without stopping the mechanism.

6. A motor ofthe class specified embodying a piston-cylinder casing; an open-.ended piston-cylinder supported intermediate its ends in said casing whereby to form annular Huidways around both ends of the cylinder; a piston working in said cylinder; a valve-chest secured to the cylinder-casing at one side thereof and having a symmetrical valve-cylinder-receiving bore extending from end to end thereof; a valve-cylinder in said bore; a pressure-uuid chamber surrounding opposite ends of said cylinder; an exhaust-chamber surrounding the central portion of said Valvecylinder; two horizontal fluid-ways surrounding intermediate portions of said valve-cylinder and communicating with the annular Huid-Ways surroundingopposite ends of the piston-cylinder and separated from the pressure-fluid chamber and horizontal bridgewalls having valve-controlled openings; perforations leading from theinterior of the valve-cylinder to the pressure-chamber, exhaust-chamber, and horizontal :fluid-ways of the valve-chest a fluid-actuated valve embodying two end and one mid- I dle compartment of corresponding effective areas separated by equidistant disks of theA exhaust-chamber by Scales communicate, through the end perforations y of the valve-cylinder, with the opposite ends of the pressure-fluid chamber, and the middle compartment of which is constantly in communication with the exhaust-chamber and alternately communicates with the horizontal fluid-ways; a primary valve extending centrally entirely through the fluid-actuated valve two central relatively-separated iiuidchambers in opposite ends of the primary valve, and each of which is of the same crosssectional area from end to end; a port-opening at the outer end of each valve-chamber and constantly communicating with the space beyond the end disk of the fluid-actuated valve; a port-opening at the inner end of each chamber and communicative alternately with the middle and end compartments of the fluidactuated valve; and mechanically-actuated means connecting the piston and primary mary valve, whereby on movement of the mechanically-actuated valve in one direction the duid-actuated valve will be moved by the pressure-fluidconcurrentlyin an opposing direction.

7. The combination with a piston-cylinder casing having a piston-cylinder supported therein and'having annular separated {inidways communicating with opposite ends of said cylinder, of a valve-chest secured to the side of said casing and having a perforated valve-cylinder, of uniform diameter from end to end, therein; two relatively-separated horizontal ports surrounding central portions of said valve-cylinder and communicating, respectively,with the duid-ways surrounding opposite ends of the piston-cylinder; an annular exhaust-chamber disposed between the two horizontal ports and surrounding the middle portion of the valve-cylinder a pressure-fluid chamber in said valve-chest surrounding opposite ends, respectively, of the valve-cylinder; horizontal walls surrounding those portions of the valve-cylinder intermediate the pressure-fluid chamber, the ports, and exhaust-chamber; a fluid-actuated main valve disposed in said valve-cylinder and consisting of four centrally-perforated disks of corresponding diameters connected together to form two end compartments and one middle compartment of corresponding areas, the two end compartments of which are at all times in communication with the pressure-fluid chamber an d the middle compartment of which is at all times inicommunication with the exhaustchamber and one or the other ports at one or the other side of said exhaust-chamber; a

mechanically-actuated primary valve extending entirely through the central perforations of the four disks; two relatively-separated vertically alined fluid chambers centrally contained in opposite ends of said primary valve and each chamber of which is of the same diameter from end to end; two port- IOO IIO

` openings communicating with opposite ends,

rently with the middle compartment. of the mein Valve and with the exhaust-chamber; I5 a piston supported in Jche piston-cylinder and. having a piston-rod; and an actuating-connector between the piston-rod and primary valve.

Signed by me at Hertford, Connecticut, this zo 27th day of December, A. D. 1899.

IRA H. SPENCER.

Witnesses:

E. C. WHITNEY, M. H. FLYNN. 

